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	OBC Getting Lean through Value Driven Maintenance
	Dry Solutions to acidic problems
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	Talking Shop One of my favourite eating places is undergoing some refurbishment work. Framed by the somewhat drastic looking activity going on, a sign on the door read, ?Business as usual?. I know it was meant to reassure but all it actually did was to confirm to me that there was no way business could be as usual given the degree of upheaval all around me. ?How very British? I thought to myself as I walked away and went somewhere else.
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	Church Access Challenge for Nationwide Access Nationwide Access has never run away from the ?trickier? jobs ? in fact, they seem to enjoy the challenge! They were tested recently, at a job in the North-East. St. Ignatius?s Church in Hendon, Sunderland is a handsome Grade II listed nineteenth century church in the Early English style. It was presented to the people of Hendon in 1821 as a gift from the Bishop of Durham, and still has a lot of the original features.
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	Fancy a Boost from the taxman? It?s not often the taxman gives you money, but if your company carries out innovative work in the manufacturing sector, or has a research and development section, then you could be eligible for tax credits, which could reduce your tax bill or, in certain circumstances, give you a cash payment. Either way, it could help your company fund technological breakthroughs, helping it to grow and prosper and get ahead of the competition.
	GPS - A World First for Thermography With each generation of its thermal imaging cameras FLIR Systems has pushed the boundaries of the technology. Last year it introduced the world?s first, off-the-shelf, 640 x 480 infrared camera. It?s successor, the new FLIR P660, builds on this foundation.
	J&P Group Wins ?1m+ Contract from Airbus J&P Group have been awarded a ?1m+ contract by Airbus to undertake a refit of one of Airbus?s key production lines at its wing manufacturing facility in North Wales, which produces the wings for all Airbus variants, including the new A380 super jumbo.
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	An Ensuring Passion for Engineering and Manufacturing While many young boys in the Midlands grew up with childhood heroes including Eagle?s Dan Dare and Formula One racing driver Jim Clark, for David Wright they provided the fuel for his enduring passion for engineering and manufacturing. After studying engineering at Aston and Warwick Universities he spent 14 years at Land Rover before becoming Head of Operations at the Morgan Motor Company. Following a spell in consultancy, he became Chief Executive at the West Midland Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS WM) in November 2002 because of a genuine belief that the service could and would make a difference to manufacturing.
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	What can go wrong with your CMMS Implementation To put it simply, the track record is poor for implementing CMMS packages, regardless of size of company, industry, location, number of prior attempts, and so on. With an average failure rate conservatively estimated at 50 percent, no small wonder why management is somewhat apprehensive about yet another attempt at implementing a CMMS.
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	My Maintenance - Walking the Fine Line Where maintenance is concerned, site engineers walk a fine line - between performing too little or no maintenance and performing too much. Those that perform too little or no maintenance definitely experience more machinery failures, and in the cases I have witnessed those failures have always had knock-on effects such as line and plant shutdowns. Moreover, the problems (and I will refrain from mentioning anything hitting fans here) always came at the most inopportune moments. In my previous role, work took me away from a Christmas Eve with the kids, a wedding anniversary with the wife and, worst of all, an FA cup final.
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	Industry experts unite in praise for easyFairs MAINTEC Key decision makers from some of the biggest names in world industry have hailed easyFairs? MAINTEC 2008 an overwhelming success, post-show visitor analysis has revealed.
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	Ultrasound Condition Monitoring In Part 1 of a two part article, Jeremy Lineham of Alpine Components examines the role of Ultrasound Technology as a condition monitoring tool. Part 2 in our July issue will address the question ?What and how often should I monitor?
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	The Business IMPACT of Enterprise Asset Management ?Maintenance & Engineering? is pleased to announce it is collaborating with IBM and David Berger of Western Management Consultants (the author of our regular ?Transatlantic View? column) on the serialisation of IBM?s new book ?The Business Impact of Enterprise Asset Management?. The book runs to seven chapters and in this first instalment we feature the foreword written by David and Chapter One ? ?The changing role of the plant engineer?.
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	The Business IMPACT of Enterprise Asset Management - see page 16
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	Electric Motor Condition Monitoring Efficiency Does Matter The concept of Predictive Maintenance has become a world wide accepted practice and is being finely tuned in most settings. Locating, defining and acting on potential problems before they become catastrophic is the main objective of a predictive maintenance program. Routine monitoring is not only the most effective method of determining an early diagnosis, but it has many other positive aspects. Often, upon a thorough inspection with state-of-the-art equipment, numerous issues, some minor but most unknown, can be identified and rectified, so avoiding critical downtime and ensuring a more efficient operation.
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	New Run Dry Magnetic Drive Pump
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	Product Review - New Drive & Motors Catalogue from ABB The 2008 issue of ABB?s 44-page, full-colour drives and motors catalogue is now available and provides technical details of ABB?s range of low voltage AC drives from 0.18 to 2,800 kW, and motors from 0.06 to 710 kW.
	Product Review - FREE 'Hands-On' Thermal Imaging Training Seminars Fluke is offering a series of FREE (to pre-registered delegates) ?hands-on? Thermal Imaging Training Seminars during 2008, at locations around the UK and Ireland, in which electricians and maintenance technicians can gain hands-on experience of the latest handheld thermal imagers for preventative maintenance. All the seminars are based around real case studies and no previous experience of thermography is necessary.
	Product Review - Blower-Powered Airknife Drying System achieves Rapid Payback for Corus A new moisture removal system installed at the Corus Trostre Works saves money and helps ensure quality. Prior to the installation of the blower-powered Airknives (supplied by air handling specialist Air Control Industries) compressed air was used to remove surface moisture (lubricant and coolant) from steel strip.
	Product Review - Computerised Maintenance Management Software The easy CMMS range from Xetec Software includes all of the latest technology. With Web and PDA capability, either in WiFi or GPRS environments, this is the versatile choice available in three levels, Micro, Mini and MaxiMaint.
	Product Review - Grundfos announces 2007 Results The Grundfos Group?s 2007 results show a growth in turnover, translating to a new annual sales high of ?1.68 billion, with the emerging markets within Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia and China showing particularly strong growth, as might be expected.
	Product Review - Gearbox Manufacturer announces Service Partnership Gearbox manufacturer, Hansen Transmissions Ltd, have announced that Taylor & Goodman have been appointed as their ?Approved Service Partner?. Taylor & Goodman offer a total electrical and mechanical service to industrial end users.
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	Product Review - Moventas and NSK sign multiyear contract Moventas Oy (a leading designer and manufacturer of mechanical power transmission solutions and services for the process and energy industries) and NSK Europe (a global supplier of bearings) have signed a four year contract for the procurement and delivery of NSK rolling bearings for the Moventas Wind Gears business, with the option of continued co-operation beyond this initial contract period.
	Product Review - New Dominator Hygienic Diaphragm Pumps Wright Flow Technologies, formerly Johnson Pumps (UK), has announced its new Dominator range of self-priming, compressed air driven, diaphragm pumps (AODDs), which meet the strict hygiene requirements of the food & pharmaceutical industries.
	Product Review - ESS Safeforce buys over 250 Crowcon Portable Gas Monitors ESS Safeforce, a leading UK supplier of hire safety equipment, has recently added over 250 Crowcon gas detectors to its hire fleet. The purchase included 60 Detective Plus transportable gas monitors (bringing the total hire fleet to over 200 units), 150 Triple Plus Plus and 50 Tetra 3 portable multi-gas detectors.
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	Product Review - Metropolitan TEGG Win Global Award Metropolitan TEGG? awarded Global Sales Company of the Year at the TEGG Corporations 14th Annual Awards Ceremony held at the TEGG Corporations head office in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.
	Product Review - New intrinsically safe Vibration Sensors Hansford Sensors have launched a new range of ATEX and IEC Ex certified, intrinsically safe vibration sensors with 4-20mA outputs (the low cost HS-4201 & HS-4221 models), ideal for direct use with PLC, BMS or other 4-20mA input modules. They are designed for use in online vibration monitoring applications where the environment contains inflammable gases, fumes, chemicals, powders, dust etc, as found in many industries such as mining, gas production, paints, petrochemical, offshore and pharmaceutical.
	Product Review - Bailey & Mackey Ltd New Diaphragm & Differential Pressure Gauge Brochure Bailey & Mackey Ltd. New Diaphragm & Differential Pressure Guage Brochure. All illustrations specifications, working drawings etc are up to date as of January 2008. All you ever needed to know about keeping pressure under control with our range of guages.
	Product Review - New literature for Rexnord Gear Couplings Lifelign??, one of three new coupling lines added to Rexnord?s range of power transmission products from Falk?, is now supported by new literature. Features of Lifelign couplings include competitive pricing against equivalent duty units, superior bore capacities permitting smaller sized units to be specified against alternative units, and flexible inter-changeability with installed couplings.
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	Maintenance & Asset Management Journal - Editorial There can be very few in the industrial maintenance fraternity who would not agree that pro-active maintenance of plant, or its dominant sub-set, condition based maintenance, will nearly always turn out to be the economically optimum policy ? an RCM analysis, for example, has a built-in tendency to preferentially direct the planner towards such an approach.
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	Slow Speed Bearing Analysis Monitoring in the Grey Zone
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	Experiences in Pump Condition Monitoring by Performance Analysis
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	Together, we can offer the right diagnosis and administer the most effective solution
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	Improve efficiency & cut carbon footprint with aM&T devices Lisa Wilkinson, Director of t-mac Technologies ? the energy management solutions company ? discusses the importance of employing monitoring and targeting technology.
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	Hose & Coupling Solutions for all Industries
	Energy Efficient Heating Boilers
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	Cogeneration: The Power behind Energy Partnerships With oil prices at a record high and energy costs in both commercial and residential sectors continuing to increase, the idea of ?something for nothing? when it comes to power generation is understandably very appealing. Notwithstanding the 2nd law of Thermodynamics which essentially states that energy can not be destroyed but can only change form, our human experience leads us to be deeply suspicious of such claims. Be it cars that run on water, or engineering plants that are entirely energy self-sufficient, something within us says it?s too good to be true.
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	The Next Generation in Breathing-Air Quality Testing
	Dunphy Combustion Services from concept to commissioning
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	Product Review - Beko Technologies Now Stock Desiccant Medium Beko Technologies industry-standard activated alumina desiccant is used extensively in adsorption dryers and can be used in both heated and heatless compressed air dryers.
	Product Review - Brewery Reduces Energy Costs Using Grundfos Pumps Based on previous positive experiences, and a high level of technical assistance, Ringwood Brewery (famous for its cask ales and fine wines) turned to Grundfos Pumps to help reduce energy costs and improve in-house brewing processes. As energy-efficiency is a matter of great importance to the Brewery, the energy-efficient Grundfos pumps were the ideal solution, offering a payback period of less than two years.
	Product Review - 67% Saving In Energy Costs With Boge LH Plastics, a precision moulder and printer of engineering thermoplastics, has enjoyed compressed air energy cost savings of 67% per annum after installing a Boge SLF40 frequency controlled screw compressor. This low carbon technology was financed with an interest free ?energy-efficiency? Loan from The Carbon Trust.
	Product Review - On Target For Fast Payback Several months after lighting and controls at Wincanton?s distribution centre in Corby were upgraded, the projected 1.6 year payback period looks on target due to the energy savings being achieved.
	Product Review - New Pat Checkbox Tests The Testers In keeping with advice included in the latest IEE Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment, the new PAT Checkbox, from test instrument manufacturer Seaward Electronic, is designed to check the accuracy of PAT testers and confirm that test readings remain valid during the period between formal re-calibration.
	Product Review - Orthopaedic Hospital Shows Brand Loyalty To Wellman Robey When the Oswestry Orthopaedic Hospital opened in 1921, three high-volume, coal fired, steam raising boilers were installed by Danks, now part of Wellman Robey.
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	CG completes major Fast-Track Floor Upgrade CG Flooring Systems (CGFS) has successfully completed its biggest and most demanding project ? upgrading the 6000m2 floor of an iron foundry to narrow-aisle warehouse standard suitable for racking up to 12 metres high in less than six weeks. Here, we explain how this was achieved.
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	Investing in the next generation of engineers Introducing young students to the possibilities of pursuing engineering as a future career has always been a challenge. This is particularly true when the more traditional routes of the school curriculum and classroom teaching are followed, as they normally involve very little practical or hands-on experience.
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	8 Way to Save. Maximising energy savings in compressed air systems By far the largest proportion of the total lifecycle costs (at least 79% on average) of a standard compressor is taken up by energy consumption, and of the total electricity consumed in the UK for generating compressed air, 30% is thought to be wasted. Here, John Forman of Atlas Copco Compressors, identifies eight ways for compressor users to maximise energy efficiency and avoid energy penalties:
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	Eye spy How would you feel if your boss asked you to stick a pin in your eye as a condition of work? If you are the boss, would you ask your workers to stick pins in their eyes? If that?s too extreme, how about rubbing some iron filings in there instead or maybe just some sawdust? While clearly ridiculous, the reality is that according the 2006/7 statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 1694 workers sustained eye injuries serious enough to warrant 3 days or more off work. A further 688 suffered a more severe category of eye injury.
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	Product Review - Crawford UK sign up Evans Easyspace with a National Contract Evans Easyspace, a UK provider of quality offices and workshops, spent some time searching for a national supplier that could provide reliable installation and ongoing maintenance of doors and docking systemson their purpose built Evans Business Centres across the UK. They were keen to work with a company that is ableto take care of major clients on a national basis and set agreed prices to enable customers' to calculate ongoing project costs in the long term. Crawford UK ticked all the right boxes.
	Product Review - Keeping Rock Concerts Clean with Airbench WorkPoint have supplied 10 AirBenches to PRG Europe, the world?s leading supplier of entertainment technology equipment and solutions, for use in preparing lighting equipment for rock concerts and theatre events.
	Product Review - Air/Gas Leak Detection At the press of a button ? GOTEC LDS is instantly ready to locate the smallest low pressure leaks from compressed air and every other gas ? quickly, reliability, safely and conveniently.
	Product Review - Power Jet Systems launch a new easy to navigate website Power Jet Systems (PJS) - a UK market leader in the design and manufacture of Ultra High Pressure (UHP) water jet cutting and cleaning systems, has launched a new easy to navigate website ? www.powerjet.co.uk
	Product Review - Hygienic and Safe Flooring for Washrooms A resin floor from Ryebrook Resins offers a hardwearing solution for changing rooms, shower areas and toilet facilities, with a finish that is safe, hygienic and easy-to-clean.
	Product Review - CG completes major Fast-Track Floor upgrade CG Flooring Systems has completed its biggest and most demanding project yet ? upgrading the 6000m2 floor of an iron foundry to narrow-aisle warehouse standard. A detailed floor survey revealed several challenges, including seven large pits which had to be filled with concrete
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	Product Review - Crawford UK Install High Speed Doors for KMF Crawford UK has been servicing the sectional overhead doors at KMF Precision Sheet Metal for many years. So when KMF decided to build an extension to their existing factory they approached Crawford to quote for some new doors. KMF had some very strict criteria but Crawford?s 855 High Speed Door met all the requirements as it can withstand demanding use and even collisions
	Product Review - Maintenance Free Gas Detection Flexible and easily adjusted to suit the specific requirements of different personal monitoring applications, the new Draeger X-am 5000 gas detection instrument, incorporating the latest miniaturised XXS generation of high performance sensors, provides accurate and reliable measurement of 1 to 5 gases.
	Product Review - New GA Range From Atlas Copco Energy efficiency is the key feature of Atlas Copco Compressors? new GA range of oil-injected compressors. Design features to reduce energy consumption incorporate state-of-the-art asymmetric rotor compression elements, radial fans with VSD regulation, high-efficiency motors and no-loss drains.
	Product Review - Cirrus Research Achieves Certification Cirrus Research, the UK company specialising in the design and development of noise measurement equipment for health and safety applications, has successfully achieved registration to the internationally recognised internal quality management standard ISO 9001:2000. Cirrus Research has earned the right to display the coveted BSI logo following an independent assessment by BSI, the UK?s leading Certification Body.
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	Product Review - Steelcoat chosen for Northumberland Pipebridge In a refurbishment project for Northumbrian Water, the Winn & Coales Denso Steelcoat 400 System was chosen to protect a 180m length potable water pipe carried under a major road bridge. The work was carried out by contractors Corrosion Protection Services Ltd (CPS) of Jarrow, who expect the Steelcoat system to give 30 years protection to the 10 inch diameter pipe.
	Product Review - On-Torch Welding Report - Answers the Critics Questions Fumes from welding operations can damage the nervous system and respiratory tract, as well as having other adverse effects. Traditional capture hoods and nozzles can work well, but require operator involvement to ensure the correct positioning of the capture device.
	Product Review - Grand Designs for Butters A Butters AMT?s Pulse Synergic, single phase, multi-purpose welding machine was used on an ambitious and inspiring construction project featured in a recent episode of Channel 4?s Grand Designs.
	Product Review - Klimate helps Willerby Holiday Homes conserve energy Mobile home manufacturer, Willerby Holiday Homes, had to ensure that their investment in a high speed door matched their own commitment in offering the highest specified product at affordable prices. They therefore turned to Klimate High Speed Doors (part of the BID Group) for suggestions on enhancing their Humberside manufacturing site. The result was the installation of 15 Ardent high speed doors throughout the facility.
	Product Review - Firmagrip Floors Metal Grid The DAMM brewery in Barcelona and a similar facility in Canada are two of the latest plants to install Firmagrip matting. Manufactured by Plastic Extruders Ltd, the matting was chosen because it is the proven, high performance solution used where safety and comfort underfoot are important.
	Product Review - HI-TEC Spray Supplies spray booth system to INTERSERVE PLC Interserve plc have carved out their reputation in the field of civil engineering, building and facilities management projects across the world. The manufacturing division ? Interserve Retail & Interiors ? recently turned to surface coatings technology specialists, Hi-Tec Spray Ltd for a major upgrade to spray plant dedicated to the high volume spraying of shop fittings and counters. An ATEX compliant, infra-red drying oven completed the new installation.
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